Clutch mechanism.



J. F. DURYEA & W M. REMINGTON.

V GLUTGH MEGHANISM.

APILIOATION FILED JULY 25, 1908 Patented May 4, 1909.

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J. I. DURYEA & M. REMINGTON.-

CLUTCH MEGHANISM. AIZILIQA'JIIOII FILED JULY 26, 1808.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

M. REMINGTON, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, COMPANY, OF CHICOPEE FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS, A

chores: MECHANISM.

Patented May 1909.

llpplication filed July 25,1908. Serial No. 445; 07.

To all whom it may conccm.

Be it known that We, JAMES FRANK Dun- "YEA and WILLIAM M. REMINGTON, citizens of the United States of America, residing at Springfield, in the county of llamp'den and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Clutch Mechanism, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates broadly, to power transn'iissionv devices, and s ecificslly to a clutch construction -located etween' a driving and a driven-shaft, the object of the in.- vention being to provide a clutch construction which may be easily removed through an opening in the casing, in which the clutch is housed, all as fully described in the following s medication and ointed out clearly in the claims a married tiiereto, the invention being clearlyi ustratedin the accompanying drawings, in whitizu Figure his a vertical section of a clutch mechanism embodying the invention, the clutch casing being shown with the opening therein closed, and a portion of the transmission casing being also shown. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the clutch mechanism being shown moved out of operative relation to the driving and driven shafts ready to be taken through the opening in the casing. Fig. 3 is asectional view on line 3-3, Fig. 1, showing the cross sectional form of a member of the transmission and through which movement is imparted to the drivingshaft.

Referringto these drawings, a indicates the casing inclosing the clutch mechanism; 6 indicating a continuation of said casing in which the transmission mechanism is inclosed,only at art of which is shown.

The driving-s aft' is indicated by -"c and may be considered as one end of a crank-' shaft which extends into the clutch-casing which is provided with an o suing in the "up-- y' a part d Cir per sidethereof normally 0 osed of the casing which is removable, and through which the clutch mechanism, as a Whole, may be removed, it being very desirable' at times to remove the clutch for the purpose of replacing certain of the disks f which maybe Worn, the clutch shown herein being of the well known disk t e. However, the invention-is not confine to a construction embodying any specific ty e of clutch though perhaps more particular y -ap-. plicsble to one in which this compact disk her that the disks c wib The clutch mechanism serves as a driving connection between the I driving-shaft c and the driven-shaft in the transmission casing 11.

Briefly, the clutch mechanismshou-n herein is constructed as follows: A circular head h is fixed on the end of the driving-shaft c, the disks 6 and f being carried in closely assembled relation between a flange 7c on the head 7). with which certain of the disks, as e, engage, and a circular head m with which certain other disks, as

9 located rotate with the head 71.; and if these disks be clamped byco'm pression between the disksf, the latter will rotate the head m. T-h-is'compression ,is' efl'ected by the expansionof the spring 0' which may be compressed by means of a; fork 7) engaging a member (1 which is slidsble on the hub 1' of the head-m, the fork p being operated by a foot treadle.

to require no furtherilescription, except to engage in such mare In its general construction, this clutch is so well known as state that the flange iris bolted to the head It to permit the separation of these parts when it is desired to remove the clutch,.the opposite end. of the clutch mechanism being suportcd by means of-a coupling 8 which embraces the end of the hub r, and the end of the hub t of a gear 1) in thel .-ransmissi on casing, which hub rotates on the end w'fof the driven shaft g, and has a sliding movement thereon, and in effect constitutesa slidable 1 extension of the shaft g. The end of-the hub '1" that isengaged by the coupling 8, as well as the end of the-hub t, are s uared, and to-prevent end wise movement 0- one relative to the other in the coupling, two of the, bolts 1, which secure the two parts of the coupling together, are fitted into grooves in the hub t, the cross sectionalform of the hub at this 'point being shown in Fig. 3.

v The clutch mechanism as a Whole is contered on the driving sbaft c by means of a projection 3 on the end of the latter on which the clutch. .is supported, preferably by a bearing-ring 4 running on the balls 5. The long hub tfof the gear 1) has, asgstated, a sliding'move'ment in its bearing and on the end 'w of the driven shaft, and preferably that end of the shaft 9 on which this hub slides is of less diameter than the rest of the shaft,

whereby a shoulder .6 is provided'which com.

stitutesn stop to limit e movement ofthe gear '0, theside of the lattercoming to a sto against said shoulder. The dnven sha t transmission casing. The said endwisemove-" ment of the hub t, or movable section of the driven-shaft, is for the purpose of providing space enough between the endt-hereof and the contiguous end of the hub r, as indicated at 7, Fig. 2, in dotted lines, to permit the clutch mechanism to be shifted far enough toward the transmission casing to disengage it from the centeringstud 3 on the drivingshaft, and thus permit its removal bodily through the opening in the top of the clutch casing heretofore referred to, it being understood, of course, that to efiect such removal and disengagement from the stud 3, it is first necessary to remove bolts 8 which secure the flange k to the head h,only one of these bolts being shown in Fig. 1.

To transmit rotative movement to the driven-shaft g from the driving-shaf t through the mediumof the clutch, the side of the gear 11 is provided with jaws 9 with which like aws on a gear 10, slidable on and rotatable with the shaft g, may engage, and when so engaged said shaftg will be driven by a direct connection with the driving-shaft c. To rotate the driven-shaft g at a different speed, connection maybe made through the gear '0 to another gear 12 on a shaft in the transmission casing parallel with the shaft g, there being other gears (not. shown herein) both on the shaft 9 and on said other shaft parallel therewith which may be moved into engagement one with the other, whereby rotative movement at variable speeds will be imparted to said shaft 1 in a manner well known to any one skilled in this art. T herefore, to remove the clutch,'the gear 10 must be out of clutching engagement with the gear '1), the boltsrc of the coupling .9 being then removed and the gear with its hub shifted endwise from the position shown in Fig. l'to that shown in Fig. 2, and the bolts 8 having been removed to disengage the clutch mechanism from the head 7L, said mechanism may be shifted toward the rear end of the casing to .lisengage it from the centering stud 3 on the driving-shaft, whereupon it may be, as a whole, lifted out of the clutch casing, the cover (1 of the opening in said casing having been removed.

The gear 12 throughout the foregoing specification has been alluded to as having a hub t but the description of the parts would be quite as accurate if the member thad been referred to throughout the specification as a tubular sliding section of the transmission shaft carrying on one end thereof the gear 1).

What we claim, is

1. The combination with a variable speed transmission device'comprising a two-part driven shaft, one art of which rotates in a fixed demo, the other part being loosely and slidab y mounted thereon, a gear fixed on said slidable part, a second gear rotatable with said first named part of the shaft and slidable on it into clutching engagement with said first named gear, of a driving-shaft in line with the driven'shaft, and a clutch mechanism interposed between said shafts and having a driven and a driving element removably' connected with said shafts respectively, said slidable part of the trans- 'mission shaft being movable away from its connection with the clutch mechanism to make room for the disengagement of the latter from the driving-shaft.

' 2. The combination with a driving-shaft and a driven-shaft constituting part of a variable speed transmission device, of a clutch mechanism located between and constituting a driving connection from one of said shafts to the other; means to removably connect one element of said clutch to the driving-shaft, and means to connect the second element of the clutch with the driven shaft, saidmeans. consisting of a gear constituting part of the transmission device revolubly and slidably mounted on the drivenshaft' and provided with a long hub which is in effect an extension of the driven-shaft,

and means to removably connect said gear a hub to said second element of the clutch mechanismv A driving and a driven-shaft in axial I from the clutch mechanism, another clutch member slidable on the driven-shaft and rotable' therewith to engage the clutch 

